Mango Update for Windows Phone 7 Worth the Wait
If you’re one of the 2% of smartphone owners with a Windows Phone 7 (let’s hear it 2 percenters!), you should be getting the new Mango update any day now. Was it worth the wait?
The short answer is yes. Read on for the long answer… Read the rest of this article…
Apple Announcement Liveblogs Suck
If you’re a big Apple geek like me, waiting for an Apple announcement event is like sitting in front of a big present on Christmas morning. These events are huge and the media automatically flocks to them like a herd of sheep. But there’s always one type of media that’s missing every time — a camera that streams video of it across the internet.
Snap Up A Zune Now, Because Microsoft Will Never Make Them Again
We knew this was coming and now it’s finally here. Officially. Microsoft has secretly unveiled that they will no longer produce Zune-based hardware, instead opting to go with Windows Phone as their platform of choice. It’s been said before, but hearing from the horse’s mouth that there will no longer be Zune PMPs demarcates the end of an era and the tragic death of the best media player ever created with only half a decade under its belt. Read the rest of this article…
iPhone 5: Who Cares?
We’re still hours away from what will probably be Apple Inc’s most important announcement of the year, but I’m making a wager: nothing they go over, no bullet points they unveil, no ‘magical, revolutionary’ features their newest phone has, will prevent them from losing even more mind and marketshare to Android. Their announcement today is a reaction to their steady decline (or really, lack of ascent) with an iterative product. Are you putting money on Cupertino’s biggest deal, because it sure seems quiet here…
Need Text-to-speech? Our Natural Reader Review
Natural Reader is a free program that will read chunks of text out loud. I stumbled upon this program when browsing a writing forum that was talking about reading your work out loud, I thought it would be interesting to try and I was right. I don’t really expect much from a free version, except maybe the basic features, which this one does have, but I do expected it to work well.
How-to Stop Sharing Your Music From Spotify, Rdio or MOG on Facebook
I actually like sharing my music with friends on Facebook, but I’m one of those really social people. It’s cool getting commented on stuff you are listening to and seeing what your friends are listening to also. Mark Zuckerberg said that you will discover new music and it’s true. You may even see stuff you forgot about. But if you don’t want to share that greatest love songs of all time playlist when you’re trying to be an internet gangsta I can understand why you would want to hide your listening habits. Read the rest of this article…
Foursquare Is Protecting Personal Privacy With Handily Hidden Homes
Social Network / Geolocation megastar Foursquare is taking steps to ensure your humble abode is kept “off the grid”, by not broadcasting your home location to other users.
In a blog post, dated today, Foursquare told users how they’ll be handling this protection from potentially perilous personal privacy problems.
Like Donating To A Worthy Cause? “Like” GlobalMed On Facebook
GlobalMed, a leading telemedicine design company located in Scottsdale, Arizona, are making fab breakthroughs with its TotalExam 2 Examination Camera. What does this mean for you, a camera shaped like a sharpie, and the Migrant Clinicians Network? Find out after the jump!
Halving Holiday Hires, Best Buy Says: Shoppers, Good Luck!
For retail lifers, the holiday season is your dowsing rod on the passage of time. You spend one month gearing up, two months sustaining (enduring, really), and a final month winding down, explaining to customers that you just don’t have that damn thing they’re asking for in stock. Still, as someone who has ten (TEN!) of those under my belt, retail holidays were always something to love and hate, both with similar passions. One important aspect was the part-time holiday help who are much like clay: they can be formed to dispense quick advice, redirect customers, ring people out, or simply thrown down as planks when something gives out, then promptly disposed of by February. They don’t need super intense knowledge, but they are necessary to keep the wheels at the store running in a time of stress. This year, Best Buy announced that they’re cutting their holiday hires by half and will have their standard employees go overtime to make up for it. Well, thankfully I don’t work retail anymore.
Kindle Fire & Amazon Silk Details
You hear that crackling on the internet? That’s fire, Kindle Fire. We heard the rumors and even reported on them. The rumors that were wrong actually made the Kindle Fire better. Is this still an iPad killer? No, but what it is, is the best e-reader and cheap tablet on the market. Read the rest of this article…
